The Bory surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 236 people carried this name — #80,419 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 248 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 852 people named Bory.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
106 people named Bory live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 33 people named Bory live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Bory,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent 1778–1846 · naturalist -
Jacques-Thomas Bory 1809–1875 · writer -
Armand Bory 1844–1931 · politician -
Josef Bory d. 1853 · parson
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Antoine Bory 1762– · magistrate
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Emile-Samuel Bory 1825–1894 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bory.
- Bors 437 · U.S. census
- Borsa 270 · U.S. census
- Bort 680 · U.S. census
- Bortoli 148 · U.S. census
- Bortolotti 199 · U.S. census
- Bortolussi 179 · U.S. census
- Borys 851 · U.S. census
- Bos 3,792 · U.S. census
- Bosca 111 · U.S. census
- Boscardin 100 · U.S. census
- Bosch 7,312 · U.S. census
- Bosche 237 · U.S. census
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